Vocab
History and Legend
Traditions and Superstition
Celebration
Miscellaneous
100
Shang dai
What is the pinyin for the Mandarin word for the Shang Dynasty, not counting tones?
100
Nian, wear red and set off firecrackers
What is the name of the monster that comes out of hiding on Chinese New Year and how do you scare it away?
100
Pears
What is a food that is unlucky to eat on Chinese New Year?
100
Red and gold
What colors represent prosperity?
100
The Spring Festival.
What is the Chinese New Year festival's real name?
200
Jinji
What is the pinyin for the Chinese word for "taboo", not counting tones?
200
The Year of the Horse
What is the animal sign for 2014?
200
Scold their children
What can parents not do on Chinese New Year, no matter what happens?
200
The 24th day of the 12th lunar month
What is the day for cleaning the house?
200
The 27th day of the 12th lunar month.
What day are families supposed to slaughter a rooster in preparation for the New Year?
300
Bianpao
What is the pinyin for the Chinese word for "firecracker", not counting tones?
300
To scare away evil spirits
Why are firecrackers lit on Chinese New Year Eve?
300
Staying up until midnight and then lighting fireworks
What is "guarding the year"?
300
Dumplings
What is the Chinese New Year food symbolizing prosperity?
300
The country
Where is the New Year flavor stronger, the city or the country?
400
Ya sui qian
What is the pinyin for the Chinese word for "gift money", not counting tones?
400
Year of the Rat
What was the animal sign for 2008?
400
Outdoors to indoors
What direction are you supposed to sweep on the first day of the first lunar month?
400
Coins
What are often hidden in dumplings?
400
Xin nian kuai le
What is the pinyin for "Happy Chinese New Year", not counting tones?
500
Yuanxiao
What is the pinyin for the Chinese name of the Lantern Festival, not counting tones?
500
2004
What year was the most recent Year of the Monkey?
500
Do not cut your hair during the first lunar month
What is one of the New Year taboos that people do not pay much attention to anymore?
500
Watching the Spring Festival Gala
What is a Chinese New Year tradition that was more popular in the 1980s than it is now?
500
bu bu gao sheng
What is the pinyin for the phrase "rise higher every step of the way", not counting tones?
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